Ceidae

Ceidae is a small family of chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Ceinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae.^[1] These wasps are parasitoids of other small insects. Hosts are known only for Cea pulicaris (small Agromyzid flies) and Spalangiopelta alata (small Drosophilid flies).^[2][3]

Ceidae
Female Cea pulicaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Ceidae Bouček, 1961
Type genus
Cea Walker, 1837[1]
Genera
Bohpa Darling, 1991 Cea Walker, 1837 Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922

Female Bohpa maculata

Description

Its antennae have twelve flagellomeres, and its labrum is subrectangular and exposed.^[1]

Genera and species

Bohpa Darling, 1991

• B. maculata Darling, 1991 (South Africa)

Cea Walker, 1837

• C. pulicaris Walker, 1837 (West Palaearctic)

Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922

• S. alata Bouček, 1953 (West Palaearctic),
• S. albigena Darling, 1991 (Nearctic, Neotropical),
• S. alboaculeata Darling, 1995 (West Palaearctic),
• S. apotherisma Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
• S. brachyptera Masi, 1922 (West Palaearctic),
• S. canadensis Darling, 1991 (Nearctic),
• S. ciliata Yoshimoto, 1977 (Nearctic),
• S. dudichi Erdős, 1955 (West Palaearctic),
• S. felonia Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
• S. ferrierei (Hedqvist, 1964) (Neotropical),
• S. hiko Darling, 1995 (East Palaearctic),
• S. laevis Darling, 1991 (Neotropical),
• S. procera Graham, 1966 (West Palaearctic)
• S. rameli Mitroiu, 2016 (West Palaearctic)
• S. viridis Mitroiu, 2016 (Canary Islands)

There is one fossil species: S. georgei Darling, 1997.^[2]